Type-setting machine.



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TYPE SETTING HACHINE.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;-

ALXNDER Dow, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., Assionon ToTHE Dow composure MACHINE COMPANY, or WEST VIRGINIA. 1

TYPE-SETTING MAcHiNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,858, dated November 28, 1,899.

Application liled July 31, 1896. Renewed Gotcha! 21, 189B. Serial No. 694.240. (No model.)

Tu (LH whom, it may] concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDERDOW, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain` new and useful Improvemen ts in Type Setting Machines, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates to anV improvement in that class of machines known as type-assembling devices or type-setting machines that is to say, that class of apparatus whereby printers type are automatically taken from reservoirs or cases containing the sme bythe operation of the mechanism of the machine as controlled from a keyboard and are set inl the form of words and sentences with appropriate spacing nI )etwecn them.

Broadly speaking, my invention relates generally to a. novel machine for composing printers ty e in to words and lines mechanically'.

This operation is lperformed by the uniting of cooperative mechanism into an organized.

apparatus whereby from a keyboard aninitial movement is given tothe apparatus, which movement is completed by the operative mechanism of the machine automatically acting to set the type. This organized machine embraces several subordinate combinations which cooperate to make up the assembled machine, and yet which in themselves are complete operative mechanisms, which in their relation to the assembled deviceniay be.

termed the subordinate com bloat-ions of elements, and these subordinate combinations of elements may be regarded either in association withthe assembled machine or individually as separate apparatus working to` gether as a complete invention, which comvices operating to collect the type as the same are delivered on the assembling-table and A deliver the same at a slot or type-channel; fourth, devices for subjecting the type to a `uniform restraint during the period of theirv movement on the assembling-tablefunder the operation of the assembling mechanism, and,

fifth, devices for positively forcing or expel-vl ling thctype from the assembling-table into the siotoitypechannel.

My machine 'may h as one wherein individual type are selected and delivered on an assembling-table "and thence driven to a. type channel orslot located approximately in .thecenter of said assemhlingtable and iol-ced into said channel, to tho end that the type are assembled immediately in front of the operator of the machine and may be reviewed by him as they areassembled hynthe machine and'are delivered.v to the slot or channel in the center of the as sembling-tahle from each side alternately, toh

the end that the'assemblng mechanism has e specifically classined aminimum travelaudiscapahleof very rapid movement. lt is also a machine operating positively-:that is to say, by positive inechan- Iical movements as distinguished from natural forces, such as the forces ofgravity or electromagnetism-the operation of the device being dependent upon the force of gravity alone in the matter of the feed of the type in the channels of the reservoir, and here equivalent mechanical forces may be employed. Furthermore, my apparatus causes the type to' be delivered on the assembling-table lying upon their side, thus presenting to the operating mechanism bodies constantly' varying Ain thickness, to which condition the said mechanism automatically adjusts itself.

I have illustrated my invention in the ac# companying drawings and designated the parts by'letfters, referring to like parts by like letters. I i A Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, showing thety'pe reservoirs or cases set up in position, the type-driving n'xechanism, and the keyboard. Fig. 'z3 is a'. vertical section of Fig. 1, showing the operative parts, which will he hereinafter described in detail. v Fig.Y -3 is an enlarged drawing of the operative parte of Fig. 2,.the specific .details of which will he hereinafter more particularly referred ICO ' the arrangement of ejector-'barsv w'iththe (ip- 2 esmas to. Fig. 4 is'a.vertical section of e detail of Fig. 3, showing theA apparatus for forcing the type from the type-table; and Fig. 5 is another view of the same. Both of these details are, however, mo're'specitically illustrated in Figs. 27 and 28. Fig. 6 is a detail of the-ejectorbar and the ejector. Fig.` 7 is aplan view of the device, showing mainly the keyboard and ert-ive mechanism of the device. Fig. 8 is a vertical section, of the machine, showing inf detail a portionof the device Vfor exercising a friction on the type during their passage over the assembling-table, and this drawing alsoshows adetail ofv what is known as the ""eje'ctcr mechanism, whereby the levers are rshifted fsoas to operate upon more than one 'f vejector-bar at thewillof the operator;

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*Qin-a detailof a' type-reservoir or type-case,

'- the'construction thereof. v'of Fig.' 9, taken on the line 10 10. Fig. 11 is fshowingaportion broken away to illustrate Fig. 10 is asection a. vertical section taken on the line 11 11 and n the direction ofthe arrow 11. Fig. 12 is a vertical section taken'on the line 12 12. Fig.

1'3"is "an elevation, fpartly in section, showing the mechanism by which-the type arewmoved`- "centra1slot, to which thetype are delivered.;- 3 4 l @i line `14: 14. Fig. `15 is .'tvertical sectionof Fig.'"13,`taken on th'e'linel 15.A Fig. 16 isa 'onithe' assentblin,1g-table, r together with the Fig-14 is -afs'e'ction of' Figil; takenon the detail showing the frictionhdogs that are" infte'nded to arrest the movement of the type as ;fto receive the samein the assembling-table. Figs.'17,k18j,' 19, and `20 are vertical sectional'4 they approach the slot-'or channel intended fnviekwslwhich areintended toillustrate the-op- 'erative parts ofwhatIy term the type-ejec- "v in theirnormal and' also in their operative postionsthatlsyas follows: Fig'. 17.shows the 'normal position 'and' Fig. 18tl1e initiall tor mechanis'mjff showing the operative parts Ypositienf-'v-that is`t0fsay, the position when au in'itialinovernentis given to the sanne from the 'Alkeyboardi-andFig. i9 is a further step in the "jjmpverrnent oflthe appargtnmwherein the operl ,'ative partsoftlie' ejector mechanism-that is f to, say, those which -a're automaticallyv opel'-, atedg-Lbeg'in' their operation upon the ejector-i bar to: eject the, type, and also V'in dottedline is shown the completion of vthisoperation; and

,in `Fig.,2Q the type' is sho'wnfejected. Fig. 2l I s vn; yplan vievvfo@ the' eje'cto'r-bars,showing "their relation to eachother and 'thdinanner tal section'f :shoulder of theejector-bar.

@heftypfreservr anda'. i

of 'the' device for forcing the type from the assembling-table into the slot or type-channel. Fig, 27 is the normal and Fig. 28 is the operative position of saiddevice. Fig. 29 is a vertical section of the assembling-table and the type slot or channel within` said table.

Fig.'30 is a, detail view of said type slot or channel., Fig ..31 is aplan view of said type slot'or channel.A Figs. 32, 33, 34, and 3 5 are intended to illustrate the devices for creating a uniform friction upon the type during its movement upon the assembling-table. Figs. 32 and 33 showin vertical section that part of the device in normal and in operative position, and Fig. 35 is a plan view showing the lrocking frame ofthe friction devices, and

Fig. 34 is afvertical section showing hcv the contact-points make contact with the beveled Fig. 36 is a verticalsection showing oneside of the frame of the apparatus and the table upon which the operative parts are mounted. Fig. 37 is a front viewA of the frame in elevation in the direction of the arrow 37 in Fig. 36. Fig. 38

is adetail -v-iew of t-hereservoir or type-frame. Fig. 39 is'a horizontal section of Fig. 8S on,

line 39 39. ".Fig. 40is a vertical section of 'Fig'. 38' on line 40 4:0. Fig. 41 is a rearplan viewof Fig. 39 in the .direct-ion indicated by vthe arrow 41..

I will now describe the severalparts of my apparatus, dividing the same, as best I. may,

into groups inA order that the same may be more clearlyunderstood. In the first place I'will describe the'frame ofthe machine with its operative connections and the assemblingftable, which becomes part of the frame when considered ,in relation therewith.

Frame of the tmachine. and assembling-taille .wth operative ccf/medians.-aA is the table,

whichY forms Y'a base-plate for the operative mechanism ofthedevice. aia, &c. are bolts `intended to hold said table a.' to suitable sup-- portssuch as a.a a, .&c.- which lare intended to rest upon the ground..

A and A are the two uprights of the machine, which arey suitably -braced together, preferably bythe stays a4 and a5, which ,are suitably secured to said frame bythe nuts-a6 land aF.

i a8 is what. 1 term an fassembnngiamey V`for the reason that 'the type are ejectedfrom the type-reservoirs upon said table and are vvi'oxce'dacross :the-face of `said table .to a slot `in vthe'centel of saird`tablewhere they are assembled or broughttogether.; This table a8 iss'ecu red betweenzthenprights A andA and Fa fbrace .between said parts of the `Yto.

i rest on the shoulders b' and b",- whieh thus formasnpport for the type-channels. It will be understood that these type-channels are 1o pla .catedfat bl? and 1214.*v v' I. l In ,-thfe' operation of the reservoir or. typecasethe .famesihaving handles B B B B are each providedffwith `preferably twenty-four typcchannels, such' as'bm.' Eachof these Atype-channels is loaded with type, as indicated, at 1215, and containing characters of a ,similar'kind-that is to say, all olfl the type ,'...J- hearing characters representing the letter "zo A will hein one channel and that of .B in .anothemand so on. j In some instances, which 4Z.will-be hereinafter described, I load two or three channels, as' vthe case may be, with simi- 5 l lar type where the type is of that kind which z5, is 1nor e frequently used than others in the --cipeiation of type-setting. I may load these ne ot. the surface of the table as, as 4inditionofa machine known in the art as a type- Q istributing?? machine. When the channels 3`o.ar e 'appropriately loaded,'I place the frame withinthemachine, so that the base of the r a 3.rn e'bf restswithin the slot or aperture a9 oi-thetame and is'supported by the crossi lbars (if ar'idjjaf.V The correct position of the v.reservoir within the slot a is determined by fthe post bf and socket IJs-that is to say, the y socket ,must Abe over the post before the frame Y ,canndrits seat within the aperture a9. When imposition, as last described, it may be again noted that the type stand in column, one upon ,the other,thefloiver part of' the column rest- .-.ing` on thebase of [the channel bsiand rising @through said ,channelinto the removable chan- 'nels bformi'ugthe column of type b. When 4"5;the typeframe is placed' in position -within ;',-.th e ytable a, as heretofore described, the low- Y est `typelinu each fc'olumn is maintained by the b'aseioffthe channel bs on a level with or in `th`at isto sayha selector device operating froma keyboard vtoper'form an initial movement '.to select the particular type that I desire to I fr?fben;eje ctedand thenl the ejectordevice by :iwhich vthetype isl actually ejected upon the ,2.5 .-a,gsemblin,gvtahle. A v l Th ype selector and ejector apparatus.-

readily iremovable from their position, as in-V I have inl cated in.Fig.,40. as D, is on a level or in the type-channels" by hand or through the opera-l the ,plane of thesurface of the table as, as in-v throw,

an initial movement controlled manually by the hand of' the operator 'according to the arrangement of a keyboard and a mechanical movement operated in conjunction with the This vmovement. is 'uniform and automatic. The several parts of this apparatus may be described as follows:

C is a keyboard' constructed` according -to any of the well-known forms or arrangements of such keyboards best known inv the art of type-writing machines. Theselection of the type emanates from this keyboard u nder the hand of the operator. I have illustrated the is shown in association with the other devices with which itcoperates, and I have illustrated it as taken apart by itself in associa- 21, and I have limited my illustration to the the keys operate in a similar manner and the illustration of one is; sufficient toA illustrate all. C lthen may represent the` entire `key-` board as well as a single key.V This key C forms one arm of` a forked crank-lever, which is suitably mounted; and Ypivoted'` at c and provid-ed with the arms 021.09, and o.

ci' is a rod arm ca and carrying thetonguec".I

c'is aguide to receive'the rod c5, secured to the -hanger al, 'cs isa binding-,post suitablymounted, and c is a helical spring interposed Vbetweenthe binding-post ca and the arm c3, with its tenejector. l v cle is a square lug, being part of the ejectorbar-c, and ou-isarecess 1n the "ejector c,

square lng c -is seated within the recess c, the ejector c becomes part ofl the ejector-bar -c4 and moves therewith. The ejector-bar o which the operative. parts, hereinafter' to be describedz operate .to move said l ejector-bai: backward and' forward. y .I have" designated the shoulders `as follows:. 155s a 'shoulder which is engaged by theend ofthe arm ol to perform what-Iv callv the .initial movement. c1? is a shouldervwhich is .engaged by a revolving blade operatiugutmaticaHy to drive the ejectorfbarforward 1to the fu-ll'limit of its v and o is a ,shoulder engaged -by a springLtrigger to retract the 'ejector-bar to its moving parts of the machine to eject the type.

operation of one key, for thereasonftha't all suitably Vhinged to the end'oiAv c14 is one ofthe ejector-bars, `and c is ai.

This detail is shown infFig.' 6. When' the is provided with certain` shoulders, against 4'Ihe'movements employed inv this device are operation of this selector and ejector apparatus asin vertical section in Fig. 3, where it.

tion only with the devicespxvith which it die rectly coperates in Figs. 17,1%,.19, 20, and,`

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sion directed to normally maintain thekey C IIO normal position. c21 is a beveled shoulder to enga-ge certain contact-points, which are part of a device employed by me to exercise upon the type a certain resistance during their movement on the assembling-table. This beveled shoulder will be more yfully referred to hereinafter. The ejector-bur is also provided with a recess for the tongue c".

c2* is a crank-lever suitably pivoted and provided at` one end with a head or knob czu and connecting at the other end c"25 with a. helical spring c2", secured to a. bindiugpos t c25. c is e. cushion-bar suitably mounted on a. bracket ci, on which is also mounted said trigger c, the seid bracket being secured t the table or brace als.

es is an inclined plane secured to the table a, and c is a. cushion-bar preferably having a. metal core, with an ela. tic covering adapted to rest between the abutting end of the ejector-bars and the inclined pleno cw.

Referring to Figs. 8, 11,-and 12, I will now describe in detail the apparatus which has for its purpose the shifting of one of the le vers cnbove described, so as to bring the same into engagement with either one of three of the ejector-bars. The purpose of this device is to provide means by which by the operation of one key of the keyboard the lever o connected therewith may be brought to' operate upon one of three of the ejector-bars controlling the type in as many type-chan nels-that is to say, ,where three type-channels being side by side are loaded with type Y representing the same letter-21s, for instance,

the letter NH-and in the course of the operation of the machine it is found that one colnmn of said type is exhausted, the operator by the use of this shiftingV device, which I am now about to describe, may cause the lever c2 Y to shift, so as to engage the ejector-bar on either side of its normal position,and thus cause said ejector-bar to operate upon one or the otherof said columns of type, thus giving to the machine a capacity of three columns oi type for each key, if suc-h an arrangement. should be desirable. The construction of this detail is as follows: ci* is a. sleeve suitably secured within an aperture of the apron al. This sleeve is provided with notches c and c, substantially as indicated in Fig. 12. ci is a rock-shaft ljournaled within said sleeve c, and c34 is a knob carried by said rockshaft 033. c is ai crunk-arm secured to the end of said rock-shaft o, audios? and c87 nre guide-pinssecured to sai-'1 rock-shaft. These pins are indicated-in Fig. 11 where it will be noted that -the arm c2 is held between said` guide cS7 end ci", and when y the crank-arm is rocked by the' rock-shaft c in one direction the arm c2 is brought .against the guide c and iodine to operate another ejector-bur.

c is a helical spring secured at one end' to the rock-shaft c and having its bearing w against one end of the sleeve c3". omis a cross-pin carried by the shaft c. c'w is a guard-bar suitably secured tothe table as by the guide-screws o, These guardbars 'carry helical springs cs, bearing upon said bar' to maintnin the same Anormally in contact with the surface of the table a8. The bar 04 is suitably milled or cut wi th channels c of a depth to receive the type as the sume are rejected from the type-reservoir und of suicient size to permit said type to pass through said channels. The spring c is interposed to permit the bar c to rise should a type of abnormal thickness be forced out of the reservoir under abnormal conditions which will be hereinafter specified.

e is e main shaft of the apparatus, hereinafter described, upon which is mounted the blade c, secured to said shaft by the screws c. With the revolution of said shaft said blade c engages the shoulders c19 to force the ejector-bar forward to the 'limit of its movements for purposes which will be hereinafter described.

It may be here noted that the cushion-bar a is provided, to permit a. yielding of the ejectorbar as the sume is engaged by the blade ci"l should there be any abnormal re-l sisrance lto the operation of said ejector-bar.

I will now describe the operation of what I call the selector aud ejector mechanism in connection with the cases'or reservoirs of type,

heretofore described. In addition to the de scription which is heretofore given of the apparatus it must be understood that the shaft ew (shown in section, Figs. 17, 18, and 19) is u main shaft journalcd within the frame of the machine, carrying the beveled blade c, and that this shaft is kept in constant rotavtion during the operation of the machine. These feetures'will be more fully described hereinafter; out o the present purpose the foregoing is deemed to be suilicient reference thereto. To a complete understanding of the operationof the mechanism it must also be made clear that each one of the keys of the keyboard'is intended to controll directly o'ne ejector-bar carrying one v,ejector and that each ejector is/ intended to operate upon the lowest type in 'one colu'mn of type contained in one of the type-channels, such as b1. Itwill therefore he understood that Figs. 17 to 21 represent the complete operation of the se lector and ejector mechanism, and it will be also understood that all of the ejector mechg,

anism by which Athetype Anre selected and ejected from each of the type-channels are duplicates of the one'showri in said drawings and heretofore described. It will therefore be c leanthat a description of the operation of one of those selector and ejector mechanisms will be. sufficient as a description of the whole.

Referring; to Fig. 17,1 have shown the apparatus in its normal position of rest, wherein.

one of the keys of the key-lever C is elevated in a. position to be depressed by the hand of the operator. I have also shown the table as with one of thetype channels or reservoirs b and e column of typeb" within the-same,

resting at the base of the ehannelbx5 within the base of the frame b s and' flush with the surface of the table as in the line-b 21".' I have also shown all of the selecte and ejector mechaniwn, tlie'voperatiouof w lch,in con junction wim said typecheuneh'l will now proceed to describe. that the key illustrated in Fig. 17 is the one locked position.

It willbe understood corresponding to `the type inthe type-chan nel shown. vThis being the case., when the operator desires to seta certain type represented bysaid key-as, for instance, the letter A he'vvill depress the key C unt-il the type-bar -c rests on the cushion c. l V .will perform what I term the ffinitial. or selecting movement, which consistsin, vfirst,

This voperation the elevation of the lug c outfof-tiae recess ci?, thus releasingthe ejector-bar c from its rlhis unlocking movement is performed in the partial movement of the key C, and in the completed movement of said.

key the arm c is brought, into engagement with'.tbe shoulder c*si of the ejector-bard4 and said ejector-bar is moved forward-that is to say, toward the type-a distance indic'ate'd in.Fig.18-that is, sufcien't distance how they are ejected upon the table Aby thel operation ofthe revolving beveled blade ci.'

--blade c44 to ite full throw-that is to say, un-

tiluin the revolution of said beveled bladec the edge of said blade leaves the shoulder c,

as shown in dottedlines, Fig. 19,`and the complete throw is shown in Fig. 20, where it will be noted' that the ejector c15 has engaged the lowest type b1 of the 'column of type b15 and has ejected the same from the, channel bx2 uponthe'surface of the table a8. It may be noted here that the ejeetors c, which are secured to the several ejector-bars -c,are regu` 'lated in thickness accordingl to the thicknessA ofthetype uponzwhich theyfare intended to operate.

I have new described the operation-whereby the type are selected by thev initial movement of 'one of the keys of the keyboard and I will now describe how the ejectorebar c is retracted to its normal position, cushioned,

yand locked. As the ejector-bar is moved forward.by"'the beveled blade cutheshonlder czopis brought vin engageinentn'ith fthe head c24 "of 'he trigger cfis'ands'aid triggeris'd rawn 'rig 9. a isos@fine-spinaci' When-.oefen.in ,rveleil-bladefca'nitwir revolution leaves thelshoulder-cithe ejector-l" trigger c and spring Wand is' 'thereby'retracted. The trigger cma is, however, .arrested in its movement by the Acushion-bar c?, as I' fblade c, in which case the cushion :yield under such pressure. Y .go Type-driving mecha.m's1 n..-I will now deshownl in Fig. 17, butL the abuttin-gend of the.

ejector-bar` ci'is driven against the cushions bar c, which.Lhavejheretoforedesoribedas made with a. loaded core *and a cushioned covering. The operation i's therefore tofdrlve said lcushion-bar c*n toaliiniteddegree 'up'the-F inclined plane ci", upon which it rests, and v thus toA cushion the retractiouof the 'eje'ctor bar.

thus locking the ejector-bar' in positionfora further operation of the device. It may also be noted in this connection that the ejector the., in the cross-bar b2 view in Fig. 4l.) It then operates upon the nud the type' b, Fig. 19, passes beneath'the bar c of said figurer-that is to say, through one of the milled slots of. said bar, as cllot Figs. 9 and. 10. Thisbar is interposed as a guide for the type int-heir table. As the ejector c is withdrawn from beneath the column of type b it falls under the action of gravity or nn- The. ejector-bar rebounds from this y cushion, hd'the lug c falls into its recess C22,"

passage to. the. 'etracted f and 8c c15 first-passes through Vthe milled slots yb,",j j' '1 (Shown in a Irear type to eject ,the'same, as sho'wni'n Fig. 19,-

der the pressure of an appropriate mechanical device, should such be deemed expedij ent, and rests on the base of the channelA` 118 and en a level with the surface of the 'table a8 and yin position for the next operation of the ejecting mechanism.

From the foregoing it will be noted'that the operatorby manipulatiugthe key'sof the keyboard brings the apparatus into the opl* erative position-that is to say,fpe'rforms' what I call the selecting of the type-,and

by the automatic operation of. the devices,

heretofore described, the type is ejected. j This Icall the ejector apparatus...n

I may also note that I interpose f eneath the ejector-barco the cushion-bar eis.. This` cushion is provided for, the ,pur-posentcounteracting a. condition which might .occurthat is to say, an engagement betweenlthe scribe what I 'call the type-driving mechan;A A. ism -.that is to say, the 'mechanismbywhich I assemble or collect togetherthe typeastheyare ejected upon the assembling-table;a.nd:'

bring them'to thev central ch anuel-a. n I have heretoforev described this 'assembling-table;iA with its central slot or `:typechanneL- aud I have specified the' mechanism. by which I rse-avr`v lect and deliver'l thetype from the `type-resn.-

' voir upon theassembliugtable. i 'The present description 'assumes .that 'onefty'pe is ejected? vleesmay be described asfollw's E is a bar suitably secured betweenthe' braes'AaiidA,

preferably by screws, as e', or otherwise. This er E serves the 'purpose of a slide-berend los L 

